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Comptia Project + Project Management

Subjects : certifications, comptia-project-+, it-skills

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1. The amount of funds - budget - or time needed above the estimate to reduce the risk of overruns of project objectives to a level acceptance to the organization
fixed price incentive fee contract (FPIF)
contingency reserve(Output/Input)
project procurement management (Knowledge Area)
product life cycle

2. Work breakdown structure component below the control account with known work content but without detailed schedule activities.
project initiation
monitor
planning package
estimate at completion (EAC)(Output/Input)

3. Condition or capability that must be met or possessed by a system - product - service result or component to satisfy a contract - standard - specification or other formally imposed document.
requirement
start to start (SS)
workaround
specification

4. Approved specific version of the detailed scope statement - work breakdown structure (WBS) and its associated WBS dictionary
common cause
Gantt chart (Tool)
scope baseline
threat

5. A quantitative assessment of the likely amount or outcome. usually applied to project costs - resources - effort and durations.
estimate (Output/Input)
activity list (Output/Input)
risk
scope management plan(Output/Input)

6. Type of procurement document used to request price quotations from prospective sellers of common or standard products or services
request for quotation (RFQ)
resource leveling (Technique)
project schedule (Output/Input)
identify stakeholders (Process)

7. The formally documented identification of a defect in a project component with a recommendation to either repair the defect or completely replace the component
project management body of knowledge
decision tree analysis (Technique)
secondary risk
defect repair

8. The person assigned by the performing organization to achieve the project objectives
project manager
activity identifier
plan communications (Process)
plan procurements (Process)

9. Estimating the type and quantities of material - people - equipment or supplies required to perform the activity
specification
expert judgment (Technique)
estimate activity resources (Process)
scope

10. Those processes performed to complete the work defined in the project management plan to satisfy project objectives
executing processes (Process Group)
three point estimate (Technique)
schedule baseline
late start date (LS)

11. Assurance that a product - service or system meets the needs of the customer and other identified stakeholders
validation
project communications management (Knowledge Area)
near critical activity
requirements traceability matrix

12. Schedule network diagramming technique in which schedule activities are represented by boxes or nodes. schedule activities are graphically linked by one or more logical relationships to show the sequence in which the activities are performed
late finish date (LF)
functional manager
perform quality control (Process)
precedence diagramming method (PDM) (Technique)

13. Documenting project purchasing decisions - specifying the approach and identifying potential sellers
plan procurements (Process)
project organization chart (Output/Input)
acceptance criteria
near critical activity

14. Technique for estimating that applies a weighted average of optimistic - pessimistic and most likely estimates when there is uncertainty with the individual activity estimates
program evaluation and review technique (PERT)
standard
contingency reserve(Output/Input)
resource calendar

15. A subsystem of the overall project management system. it is a collection of formal documented procedures used to apply technical and administrative direction and surveillance to identify and document the functional and physical characteristics of a p
sub phase
configuration management system (Tool)
residual risk
request for information (RFI)

16. Logical relationship where completion of work of the successor activity cannot finish until the completion of work of the predecessor activity.
successor activity
request for proposal (RFP)
lead (Technique)
finish to finish (FF)

17. Amount of time that a schedule activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of any immediately following schedule activities.
free float
monitor
statement of work (SOW)
schedule model (Tool)

18. Cost - time - quality - technical or resource value used as a parameter and which may be included in product specification. crossing the threshold should trigger some action.
successor activity
threshold
fixed price incentive fee contract (FPIF)
role

19. Something toward which work is to be directed - a strategic position to be attained - or a purpose to be achieved - a result to be obtained - a product to produced or a service to be performed
objective
firm fixed price contract (FFP)
actual duration
voice of the customer

20. A category of projects that have common components significant in such projects - but are not needed or present in all projects. application areas are usually defined in terms of either the product or the type of customer or industry sector
schedule compression
risk
specification limits
application area

21. A short unique numeric or text identification assigned to each schedule activity to differentiate that project activity from other project activities. typically unique within any one project schedule network diagram
monitor and control risks (Process)
earned value (EV)
activity identifier
risk avoidance (Technique)

22. Any of all external environmental factors and internal organizational environmental factors that surround or influence the projects success. these factors are from any or all of the enterprises involved in the project and include organizational cultu
BCWS
enterprise environmental factors (Input/Output)
change control
opportunity

23. Person or organization that is actively involved in the project or whose interests may be positively or negatively affected by execution or completion of the project
path convergence
project scope
stakeholder
planning package

24. Group of related schedule activities aggregated at some summary level and displayed as a single activity at that summary level. same as summary activity.
hammock activity
log
baseline
request for quotation (RFQ)

25. Hierarchically organized depiction of the project organization arranged so as to relate the work packages to the performing organizational units
failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) (Technique)
acceptance criteria
human resource plan
organizational breakdown structure (OBS) (Tool)

26. Significant point or event in the project
precedence diagramming method (PDM) (Technique)
risk category
node
milestone

27. One or more numerical or text values that identify characteristics of the work or in some way categorize the schedule activity that allows filtering and ordering of activities within reports
product life cycle
activity code
plan procurements (Process)
secondary risk

28. The sum of all budgets established for the work to be performed on a project or a work breakdown structure component or a schedule activity. the total planned value for the project
responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) (Tool)
stakeholder
budget at completion (BAC)
resource breakdown structure

29. A technique that explores the accuracy of assumptions and identifies risks to the project from inaccuracy - inconsistency - or incompleteness of assumptions
risk
assumptions analysis (Technique)
change control system (Tool)
baseline

30. The time in calendar units between the actual start date of the schedule activity and either the data date of the project schedule if the schedule activity is in progress or the actual finish date if the schedule activity is complete
develop human resource plan (Process)
opportunity
actual duration
acceptance criteria

31. Measure of schedule efficiency on a project. ratio of earned value (EV) and the planned value (PV). SV = EV minus PV.
initiating processes (Process Group)
milestone
schedule performance index (SPI)
schedule baseline

32. Identifying all people or organizations impacted by the project and documenting relevant information regarding their interest - involvement and impact on project success
identify stakeholders (Process)
program management
virtual team
flowcharting (Technique)

33. Group of related schedule activities aggregated at some summary level and displayed as a single activity (at the summary level)
specification
resource breakdown structure
summary activity
s-curve

34. A mutually binding agreement that obligates the seller to provide the specified product or service or result and obligates the buyer to pay for it
estimate at completion (EAC)(Output/Input)
contract (Output/Input)
parametric estimating (Technique)
technique

35. Defined function to be performed by a project team member
performing organization
project management
role
perform quality control (Process)

36. Uncertain event or condition that has a positive or negative effect on projects objectives
risk register (Output/Input)
risk
work authorization
planning package

37. Hierarchically organized depiction of the identified project risks arranged by risk category and subcategory that identifies the various areas and causes of potential risks.
risk category
project management process group
project phase
risk breakdown structure (RBS)

38. An information gathering technique used as a way to reach a consensus of experts on a subject. experts on the subject participate in the technique anonymously. a facilitator uses a questionnaire to solicit ideas about the important project points rel
work authorization
network logic
Delphi technique (Technique)
imposed date

39. Narrative description of products - services or results
portfolio management (Technique)
define scope (Process)
decision tree analysis (Technique)
statement of work (SOW)

40. The process of managing procurement relationships - monitoring contract performance - and making changes and corrections as needed
activity
administer procurements (Process)
procurement management plan (Output/Input)
percent complete

41. Learning gained from the process of performing the project
decomposition (Technique)
lessons learned(Output/Input)
path convergence
three point estimate (Technique)

42. Determining project stakeholder information needs and defining a communication approach
opportunity
plan communications (Process)
project human resource management (Knowledge Area)
threat

43. The earliest point in time on which the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity can start - based on the schedule network logic - the data date and any schedule constraints.
statement of work (SOW)
early start date (ES)
direct and manage project execution (Process)
verify scope (Process)

44. Calculated projection of cost performance that must be achieved on the remaining work to meet a specified management goal. ratio of remaining work to funds remaining
to complete performance index (TCPI)
verification
requirement
technique

45. Approved integrated scope-schedule-cost plan for the project work against which project execution is compared to measure and manage performance
performance measurement baseline
schedule management plan (Output/Input)
develop human resource plan (Process)
role

46. Analyzing activity sequences - durations - resource requirements and schedule constraints to create the project schedule
project time management (Knowledge Area)
constraint (Input)
develop schedule (Process)
manage project team (Process)

47. Estimate or prediction of conditions and events in the projects future based on information and knowledge available at the time of the forecast. information is based on the project's past performance and expected future performance
actual cost of work performed
define activities (Process)
triggers
forecast

48. Total number of work periods required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component.
scheduled start date (SS)
duration (DU or DUR)
parametric estimating (Technique)
responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) (Tool)

49. The process of completing each project procurement
estimate (Output/Input)
close procurements (Process)
change control
project scope statement (Output/Input)

50. Collecting and distributing performance information - including status reports - progress measurements and forecasts
threat
risk avoidance (Technique)
report performance (Process)
earned value (EV)